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Countryside Survey 1984 estimates of linear feature lengths in Great Britain
This dataset consists of stock (length) data for linear features across Great Britain in 1984. The data are national estimates generated by analysing the sample data from 384 1km squares surveyed for the Countryside Survey long term monitoring project, then scaling up to a national level. The data are presented as mean lengths for 7 different feature categories within 45 different land class types, based on the ITE Land Classification. The Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside, carried out by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 with repeated visits to the majority of squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. In addition to linear features, habitat areas, species plot, soil plot, freshwater habitat and satellite map data are also produced by Countryside Survey. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/271d398c-29de-4ff9-ba68-1b8e0621c6ee
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- Date (Publication)
- 2014-12-04
- Citation identifier
- CEH:EIDC: / 1406199764438
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/271d398c-29de-4ff9-ba68-1b8e0621c6ee
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- doi: / 10.5285/271d398c-29de-4ff9-ba68-1b8e0621c6ee
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Barr, C.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Maskell, L.C., Norton, L.R., Scott, R.J., Scott, W.A., Smart, S.M., Stuart, R.C., Whittaker, H.A., Wood, C.M., Wright, S.M. (2014). Countryside Survey 1984 estimates of linear feature lengths in Great Britain. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/271d398c-29de-4ff9-ba68-1b8e0621c6ee
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Barr, C.J.
Author Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Bunce, R.G.H.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Maskell, L.C. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Norton, L.R.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Scott, R.J. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Scott, W.A.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Smart, S.M.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Stuart, R.C.
Author Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Whittaker, H.A.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Wood, C.M. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Wright, S.M.
Author NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Wood, C.
Point of contact UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Habitats and Biotopes
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© Database Right/Copyright UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. All rights reserved.
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All use of CS data must be acknowledged. The following acknowledgement and copyright notice (where applicable), shall be used on all copies of the data, publications and reports, including use in presentations to any audience. 'Acknowledgement: Countryside Survey data owned by NERC - Centre for Ecology & Hydrology' 'Countryside Survey © Database Right/Copyright NERC - Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. All rights reserved.'
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Barr, C.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Maskell, L.C., Norton, L.R., Scott, R.J., Scott, W.A., Smart, S.M., Stuart, R.C., Whittaker, H.A., Wood, C.M., Wright, S.M. (2014). Countryside Survey 1984 estimates of linear feature lengths in Great Britain. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/271d398c-29de-4ff9-ba68-1b8e0621c6ee
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- Text, table
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- English
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- UTF8
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 1984-05-01
- End date
- 1984-10-31
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- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/271d398c-29de-4ff9-ba68-1b8e0621c6ee Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/271d398c-29de-4ff9-ba68-1b8e0621c6ee.zip Supporting information
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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- 2010-12-08
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The data were recorded onto paper field sheets in the summer of 1984 by surveyors. Data were recorded from 384 1km squares sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. The boundary lines were digitized in the 1990s. The digitized data were used to generate national estimates of the stock of linear features for Great Britain using the standard Countryside Survey methodology (refer to the online documentation). Estimates are presented by ITE Land Class (2007 version), as mean length per Land Class.
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- 271d398c-29de-4ff9-ba68-1b8e0621c6ee XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-03-21T13:34:35
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- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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